ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
(noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience; āhe looked like he had seen a ghostā; āit aroused specters from his pastā
apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
(noun) a ghostly appearing figure; āwe were unprepared for the apparition that confronted usā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spectre (plural spectres)
British standard spelling of specter.
• Sceptre, recepts, respect, scepter, sceptre, specter
Source: Wiktionary
Spec"ter, Spec"tre, n. Etym: [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See Spy, and cf. Spectrum.]
1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. Dryden.
2. (Zoƶl.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect. Specter bat (Zoƶl.), any phyllostome bat.
– Specter candle (Zoƶl.), a belemnite.
– Specter shrimp (Zoƶl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.
Spec"tre, n.
Definition: See Specter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 June 2024
(noun) (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
